13 Facts About Luigi Einaudi

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Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi was an Italian politician and economist.

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Luigi Einaudi served as the president of Italy from 1948 to 1955.

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Luigi Einaudi worked as a journalist for important Italian newspapers such as La Stampa and Il Corriere della Sera, as well as being financial correspondent for The Economist.

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Luigi Einaudi was Governor of the Bank of Italy from 5 January 1945 until 11 May 1948, and was a founding member of the Consulta Nazionale which opened the way to the new Parliament of the Italian Republic after World War II.

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Luigi Einaudi was a member of the neo-liberal think tank the Mont Pelerin Society.

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Luigi Einaudi was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1935 and an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1947.

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Luigi Einaudi was a member of numerous cultural, economic and university institutions.

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Luigi Einaudi was a supporter of the ideal of European Federalism.

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Luigi Einaudi personally managed the activities of his farm near Dogliani, producing Nebbiolo wine, for which he boasted to be using the most advanced agricultural developments.

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In 1950, monarchist satirical magazine Candido published a cartoon in which Luigi Einaudi is at the Quirinal Palace, surrounded by a presidential guard of honour of giant bottles of Nebbiolo wine, each labeled with the institutional logo.

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Luigi Einaudi married Countess Ida Pellegrini on 19 December 1903.

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Luigi Einaudi attended the Regia School of Commerce in Turin, where she met her future husband, who was her professor at the time.

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Luigi Einaudi died in Rome on 30 October, 1961 at the age of 87.